Photoshop CS2 Not Enough RAM error message (wrong forum)

For some strange reason, my copy of Photoshop CS2 (macintosh) has started giving me an error message after program start up: could not complete your request because there is not enough RAM. I don't have to do anything. This message pops up about 1 minute after I start the program. The program works fine. I just close the window and go on. I haven't installed any new plug ins or changes to my prefs or hardware configuration. This just started for no apparent reason. It doesnt't refuse to work, it's just annoying. I've tried deleting the Photoshop prefs file and reinstalling the program from the master disc. Didn't help. I'm running OS 10.4.2 on a dual 1.8 gz processor mac with 4 gigs of RAM; Photoshop set to retain 60% of that. Anyone with any ideas about this, or should I just quit whining and go back to work...

Can you tell us which API is failing (error code) and what amount of memory you are requesting? I've seen 'not enough ram' when the entrypoint gets messed up and you actually have a Pipl problem. Is the filters running on smaller images? <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected].. >I have a pc running xp pro sp2. cpu is amd x2 5200, 4 GB ram, 8800gts >graphics card, and also have the same problem trying to run my plugins in >photoshop cs. My windows page file is 6 Gigabytes, and I have cs set to use >90% of resources with no noticeable improvement.Task Manager only shows 711 >megabytes of the page file being used. I get the 'not enough ram' error >message on several of my filters. Anyone have a decent workaround yet? >Unplugging my plugins isn't an option. What's the point in having plugins >if you can't use them? > > One more thing: the file I'm working on is only 50 megabytes. With a > second layer open it is close to 100 MB. This is a small file, > comparatively speaking.

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